Displaying items by tag: Silverlight

If Microsoft thought that selecting Nat Friedman to head its new acquisition, GitHub, would help burnish its open-source credentials, then it has made a big mistake.

GNOME desktop project co-founder Miguel de Icaza has finally reaped the benefits of being in bed with Microsoft, with the Redmond-based software behemoth buying Xamarin, de Icaza's company, for a sum said to be between US$400 million and US$500 million.

Google has announced it's killing off the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) in Chrome, blocking the plugins from January 2014.

As expected, Microsoft has released seven security bulletins covering issues with Windows and other software, notably Internet Explorer. There's also a policy change regarding vulnerabilities in software sold through the company's various online stores.

Microsoft intends to release seven security bulletins this week. Affected products include Windows, Office, and Windows Defender.

Microsoft is preparing to release seven security bulletins this week, covering all supported versions of Windows, plus Microsoft Office and Silverlight.

What better Valentine's Day gift could there be for a systems administrator than a bouquet of nine long-stemmed Microsoft security patches?

One of the major problems encountered by WAN administrators is streaming video - more so when it is encrypted for DRM.  Blue Coat has the answer.

This month's Patch Tuesday saw Microsoft release eight bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities. If you run a still-supported version of Windows, there's a patch for you this month.

Patch Tuesday will soon be with us again, and for October Microsoft is cooking up something for most Windows users and administrators. The scoreline is Critical 2, Important 6.

LEAD Technologies Releases LEADTOOLS V17.5 Featuring major enhancements to the Document, Medical, and Multimedia product lines including new Cloud SDK, Advanced PDF Reader, Silverlight Barcodes and new OCR Advantage Engine

As expected, Microsoft and Adobe have released a hefty batch of security updates for their products.

The stars align for a double witching hour this month: both Microsoft and Adobe will be releasing security updates next Tuesday.

Microsoft has been talking up Silverlight 5 for a couple of months, and now the beta is here.

Microsoft's next update to its Windows Phone 7 platform is codenamed 'Mango', where Microsoft presumably hopes that the man, and the woman, will go and get a Windows Phone 7.

The release of Firefox 4 is a step closer with the arrival of beta 10.

If the extra digital TV channels such as 11 still don't give you enough choice or aren't to your taste, seven BigPond TV channels are now available via the Internet on certain Samsung (and soon LG) TVs.

Keyoti are pleased to release RapidSpell Silverlight v1.0

The compatibility problems between iTunes 10 and existing Automator actions and AppleScripts for iTunes may be symptomatic of a deeper issue at Apple.

Today is a historic day for couch potatoes everywhere, at least ones with Foxtel and a Windows desktop computer.